The famous clip that featured the debut of Mickey Mouse as we know him, Steamboat Willie, first aired on November 18, 1928, making today Mickey’s 81st birthday. (He appeared in Plane Crazy six months earlier, but that version of the character, considered by many to be more interesting, was scrapped and re-worked for Steamboat.)

He’s now probably the most (or second-most) recognizable character in the world, and in those many years since his debut he’s had his fair share of makeovers, costumes, transformations and reinterpretations, some successful, others not. That’s how we came up with this listicle of Mickey Mouse’s 22 Least Successful Looks.

Mickey the Axe- and Machete-Wielding Murderous Mouse

Cubist Mickey Mouse by Sven Ruthner

Alien Mickey Mouse

Stressed Out and Suicidal Mickey Mouse

Zombie-Mutant-Homeless Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse the Sith Lord

Mickey Pikachu

Mickey Mouse Riot Police

Mickey Mouse Demon

Awkward, Vaguely Creepy, Middle-Aged Mickey Mouse

Brokenhearted Mickey Mouse

Overworked Mickey Mouse

Demented Mickey Mouse

Mickey Optimus Prime Mouse

Tired and Confused Mickey Mouse

Mickey Devil Mouse

Mickey the Rapping, Biking and Surfing Mouse

Old Mickey Mouse (looks about 81, right?)

Mickey the Friendly Sheet Ghost Mouse

Mickey Mouse as Evil Doppelganger

Um… Unhealthily Skinny Mickey Mouse?

Melting, Skeletal Mickey Mouse by David Herbert